Happy Birthday Libby

Libby turns 2 years old today. Here are 5 things you might not know about her.
5. Libby loves food. Her favorite meal of the day is lunch. She sometimes tries to get me to serve her lunch starting at 11 a.m. She always has cheese and crackers and then either ham, turkey, chicken or a hot dog. Her favorite fruits are dried cranberries and raisins, but she also enjoys apricots, apples, peaches and grapes. If she has been good she also gets some potato chips, pretzels or Cheetos. Her favorite restaurant is Texas de Brazil which is were her Uncle Dave took her when he was in town last week. Libby dined on Lobster bisque and Fillet Mignon.
4. Libby is master at drawing out her bedtime. It started with having momma and daddy come in to kiss her goodnight, then we had to start kissing her favorite baby, which turned into kissing all three babies and the stuffed wiener dog she sleeps with. Now we have to kiss Libby, 3 dolls, 1 dog and 3 blankets. I drew the line at having to kiss Baby Tad.
3. Libby is a firm believer in the 8 second (formerly 5 second) rule. Whether it is her food or someone else's, if she is at the airport or the zoo, if she sees food on the ground and it looks appetizing she will attempt to eat it if we don't get to her first.
2. Libby loves to play with toys and make a huge mess. This makes me crazy. Everyday she takes out every toy out of every color coded bin and jumbles them all together. So twice a day, at lunch and bedtime, I have to sort every toy into the correct bin. Sometimes I think she makes the mess on purpose just to bug me. Libby also loves to rough-house, she loves to give body slams (bobby-sam) and have her feet slapped.
1. Libby is VERY smart. She can pick out any family member (grandparents, cousins, aunts, or uncles) from her picture book. She can sing her ABC's and count to five (and understands the concept of counting). She can perform multiple tasks if I ask her to do them, like throw away the diaper in the trash, shirt into the hamper and get a beer from the refrigerator. She knows the words to over 20 songs, most she learned watching Noogin. She already knows about manipulation, she knows to always ask mom for things she isn't suppose to have because mom is a sucker. For all these reasons I say poo-poo to the Journal of Pediatrics and their article on children not watching TV before the age of two.